Q 01/05

Which luxury car brand, painted pale pink, became the famous reward for top Mary Kay sellers?

A) Lincoln

B) Cadillac

C) Buick

D) Chrysler

Answer · why

B) Cadillac

Cadillac got the job after Mary Kay Ash ordered one painted to match her lip and eye palette, over the dealership's protests. A year later, five went ...

Q 02/05

The first Mary Kay skin creams grew out of a solution a cosmetologist's father used in which trade?

A) Tanning leather

B) Mixing medicines

C) Keeping bees

D) Making soap

Answer · why

A) Tanning leather

Tanning leather left the man's hands looking unusually young, so his daughter turned his solution into skin creams. Mary Kay Ash used them for years, ...

Q 03/05

On which notable day in 1963 did Mary Kay Ash open her first shop, Beauty by Mary Kay?

A) Valentine's Day

B) Labor Day

C) Friday the 13th

D) Halloween

Answer · why

C) Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th of September brought no bad luck: sales reached nearly $200,000 in the first full year, with 318 women selling.

Q 04/05

Mary Kay chose pink packaging in the 1960s to look good on display in which mostly white room?

A) Kitchen

B) Bedroom

C) Laundry room

D) Bathroom

Answer · why

D) Bathroom

Bathroom counters were the target: most American bathrooms of the 1960s were white, and pink products were meant to be kept out within easy reach.

Q 05/05

Which insect, set in diamonds on a pin first awarded in 1970, is the Mary Kay emblem of achievement?

A) Bumblebee

B) Butterfly

C) Dragonfly

D) Ladybug

Answer · why

A) Bumblebee

Bumblebee wings were long said to be too weak to lift its body, so the pin honors women who, like the bee, flew to the top anyway.